ake restitution at the rate of four hundred per cent--how much was left?
Here a camel passed through the needle's eye, and Jesus stood and cheered.

At what points is the moral energy of college men and women most severely
tested? Where do they meet their great spiritual decisions?

Fifth Day: Will in Prayer

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always
to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge,
who feared not God, and regarded not man: and there was a widow in
that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine
adversary. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said
within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because
this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out
by her continual coming. And the Lord said, Hear what the
unrighteous judge saith. And shall not God avenge his elect, that
cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over
them?--Luke 18:1-7.

In most of his sayings on prayer Jesus either objected to the wordiness of
prayers (Matt. 6:5-13), or he demanded more will and persistence. In the
story of the widow and the judge the odds were against the widow. Being
only a widow she had no pull and no vote. The judge was frankly a tough
case, untouched by religion and conscience, and thick-skinned as to public
opinion. Yet the widow won out by sheer doggedness. Surely the mind that
sketched the reiterating widow and the collapsing politician had an
admiring eye for energy of action. Jesus wanted that spirit and
determination put into prayer. But note that he was thinking, not of
personal edification, nor of private benefits to be obtained, but of the
"avenging of God's elect"; that is, of straightening out the affairs of
the world so that the wrongs of the righteous would be redressed. A keen
social consciousness about the condition of God's people, coupled with
"hunger and thirst for justice," can turn prayer into action.

_Have we any experience of prayer concentrated on great public evils?_ How
does that differ from prayers centering about our own interests? (See
Fosdick, "The Meaning of Prayer," Chapter X.)

Sixth Day: Twelve against the Field

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out
demons: freely ye received, freely give. Get you no gold; nor
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